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JOB ARNOLD, OF HARMONY, NEW YORK.

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Speccation of Letters Patent No. 2,036, dated April 2, 1841.

To all w/wm t may concern:

Be it known that I, .los ARNOLD, of Harmony, county of Chautauqua, andState of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement inMachines for Pressing Cheese, Cloth, &c., and that the following is anexact description of the same, reference being' had to the drawingsmaking a part of the same.

Figure l represents a perspective view of the machine. F ig. 2represents an end view. F ig. 3 represents the manner the bolts arearranged through the fulcrum of each lever.

Similar letters in the specication refer to similar letters in thedrawing.

This machine is composed of the following parts: l, The frame; 2, thepress bottom ell; 3, the follower L; 4, the levers above the follower.;5, the leversbeneath the press bottom; 6, the windlass; 7, the racks (OO) 8, the winding cylinders with pinioned wheels.

The frame of the machine is constructedv in size proportionate to thearticle which is required to be pressed. This frame is composed of twoblocks, called the feet (5, 5, Fig. l). Upon these blocks four uprightsare raised 3, 8, 3, 3, Fig. l, of equal height. Two cap pieces 7, 7,connect the top of these uprights, and these cap pieces are connectedtogether by 2 small girths 2, 2, Fig. l. The blocks of the feet areconnected together by a piece of wood of any required form, as shown 4,4E,

The press bottom M is made of timber or other suitable material and iscomposed of two beams (a, a) connected together by two girths (l), Z9),each one adjacent to each upright and under the follower. Each of thebeams aforesaid extend beyond the uprights of the frame a suliicientdistance for purposes herein after mentioned. These beams are notched onthe side next the uprights, this notch to be a little wider than thewidth of the upright. A square piece of wood Q, is placed in this notch,extending above and below the press bottom, and fitting close to theupright, and sliding up and down with the press bottom aforesaid. Eachof these square pieces (there being 4: of them, one for each upright)are made of boards say l inch thick. At either end of this press bottomis placed a winding cylinder with a pinioned wheel.

The follower L is a piece of timber or other suitable Imaterial say from4c to 6 inches in thickness, and a little wider than the width of themachine between the uprights. At each corner of this follower, a smallrabbet is cut, to allow the said corners to slide freely up and down thecorner of the uprights adjacent thereto. A channel or open mortise (say3 inches wide, and l2 inches long) is cut in each end of the saidfollower, to allow the connecting rods K, K, to pass by. On the upperside of this follower are one set of levers, called The levers above thefollowers ILV-Thesel levers are two in number, made of wood or othermaterial, the fulcrumv of each lever being placed on each corner of thefollower in a diagonal direction from each other. The power end of onelever is opposite to that of the other. rl"he levers move up and dolwnin a vertical direction. A bolt is passed through each lever at thepoint called the fulcrum, and a nut secures it. The lowerV end of thisbolt is bent around inv a ring to enable it to work like a hinge. Another bolt or staple passes into the follower, connected with the ringof the bolt above in t-he fulcrum. The weight or purchase end of theselevers are connected vby iron rods (c c) with the same ends of thelevers below the press bottom. The levers below the press bottom M, aresimilarly constructed as those before mentioned above the follower, withthe exception only of their arrangement of the fulcrums being placed ina diagonal direction as before, but under the opposite corners of thoseon the follower. These levers have their fulcrums attached to the underside of the press. bottom. At the power end of each of the levers, bandsor straps passing from the cylinder N, are connected as at J.

The windlass E is a cylinder connected therewith is a ratchet wheel Band crank A, placed on the top of the frame, near about the center a roe (D) passes from the said cylinder and is attached to a bolt or pin Gr,fixed in the center of the follower before mentioned.

lThe racks (O O) are made of metal or any other material, at each end ofthe machine, and between the uprights, the feet of each of the saidracks inserted into the blocks of the feet, and each of the said rackshaving their teeth placed outwardly, and up vertically, about one-halfthe height of the frame. A shank is bent at right angles,

and secured to one or the other uprights adjacent thereto.

The cylinders N N, with ts pz'm'oueci wheels. There are two of these,one placed on each end of the press bottom, and resting between the twobeams forming the said press bottom. The bands from the power o-r handarms of the levers, are wound around these cylinders respectively, and aband on each side ofthe pinioned wheel, which wheel is made of metal orother suitable material, and placed midway on the cylinder N, aforesaid,and it works in the racks O O before mentioned with the pressbottom.

A windlass can be used below the press bottom, resting in a properposition, between the blocks of the feet aforesaid .a rope can be passedfrom this windlass to a bolt passing downward from the center of thepress bottom. Mortises can be cut in this windlass, and levers can beinserted, and the windlass worked thereby and bring' the press bottomdown with it.A

Operation-I turn the crank at the top of the machine which will raisethe follower ashigh as may be necessary to receive upon the press bottomwhatever I may wish to press. When the article to be pressed is placedupon the press bottom, the hand that holds the windlass is raised andthe follower falls upon the thing to be pressed, and the weight of thepress bottom and follower, c., connected with it, bearing upon the bandends of the lever above the follower, and below the press bottom throughthe medium of the straps attached to the ends of the levers andconnected with the pinioned cylinders performs t-he operation ofpressing.

lWhat I claim as my improvement and wish to secure by Letters Patent is-The combining of two sets of levers, one set being` arranged above thefollower, and

" the other below the movable bed or press bottoni with the aforesaidfollower and movable bed and said levers being connected and operated asherein set forth.

" J on ARNOLD.

Witnesses ASAIIEL CLARK, `Annan LEWIS.

